Core principles of assessment and therapeutic communication with children, parents and families : towards the promotion of child and family wellbeing / Ruth Schmidt Neven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neven, Ruth Schmidt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child mental health.

Child psychotherapy.

Child psychotherapy--Parent participation.

Child mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Practitioners today are confronted by a bewildering array of therapies as 'cure alls.' This book provides an integrated approach to working with children, parents and families that can be applied by all professionals in a variety of settings. Informed by a psychodynamic perspective, it identifies how we can avoid pathologising the behaviour of children by instead considering:the meaning of behaviour as an important source of communicationthe commonality of all experience for children, parents and familiesthe emotional milestones of development the core

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Part I: Point of departure; Introduction: The rationale for the book ± a return to core principles; Chapter 1: Finding the meaning in communication: Setting the scene for work with children, young people and their parents - how the child 'speaks' the family; Chapter 2: Providing a developmental scaffold for effective practice: Understanding emotional milestones; Part II: The clinical core; Chapter 3: Practicalities of the assessment process: How to begin; Chapter 4: Practicalities of therapeutic communication: How to continue

Part III: Application of core principles of assessment and therapeutic communicationChapter 5: Applying core principles of assessment and therapeutic communication in schools, early childhood and health settings; Chapter 6: Assessment and therapeutic communication in working with separation, loss and trauma; Chapter 7: Towards an organizational understanding of assessment and therapeutic communication: How professionals `speak' their organizations; Chapter 8: Toward the promotion of child and family wellbeing: Identifying the commonality of experience for children, parents and families

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-89659-7

1-136-89660-0

1-282-62898-4

9786612628986

0-203-84113-1

9780203841136

OCLC:

642661677